H & C Pearce and Sons Ltd, Aylesbury Road, Thame, OX9 3AS

1. 18 Mar 2026

   Received by South Oxfordshire

2. 21 May 2026

   Decision issued: Certificate of Lawful Use or Development is Granted

3. 9 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.

Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination, not a planning judgement. It asks the council to confirm either that existing use or works are lawful, often through the passage of time, or that a proposal would not need planning permission at all. The applicant must prove the facts; the merits of the scheme are not considered.

More on lawful development applications in our guide

• H & C Pearce and Sons Ltd Aylesbury Road Thame OX9 3AS

  P26/S1649/DIS Submitted 13 May 2026 0m away

  Discharge of conditions(s) 3 (Levels) on planning application P25/S0729/S73. Variation of condition 2 (Approved plans) and Condition 24 (Carbon reduction energy efficiency measures) on planning permission P22/S4155/FUL (Full planning permission for the erection of 21 dwellings with associated parking, landscaping and open space)

  Decided Conditions 8 docs
  Major scheme

• H & C Pearce & Sons Ltd, Aylesbury Road, Thame, OX9 3AS

  P24/S2269/DIS Submitted 16 Jul 2024 0m away

  Discharge of conditions 3 (Levels), 12 (Drainage Scheme), 13 (Foul Drainage), 15 (Children's Play Space), 17 (Landscaping including hard surfaces and boundaries), 18 (Landscape Management Plan) and 21 (Tree Pits Design) on planning application P22/S4155/FUL (Full planning permission for the erection of 21 dwellings with associated parking, landscaping and open space).

  Decided Conditions Trees 31 docs
  Major scheme

• 21 Aylesbury Road THAME OX9 3AU

  P17/S3611/HH Submitted 9 Oct 2017 56m away

  Proposed crossover and parking bays (size of parking bays increased as shown on amended plan received 4 December 2017).

  Decided Householder 7 docs
  Domestic

• The Old Vicarage Priest End Thame OX9 3AB

  P26/S3666/HH Submitted 20 Aug 2026 72m away

  Addition of bespoke timber conservatory to north elevation

  Decided Householder Extension 13 docs
  Small domestic

• The Old Vicarage, Priest End, Thame, OX9 3AB

  P26/S0705/TCA Submitted 6 Mar 2026 72m away

  T1 Robinia - Fell to ground level. Reasons for works - The tree is located in very close proximity to a garage and greenhouse. This area of the garden has been disused for some years, but the property owner has plans to make the greenhouse a working part of the garden again. The tree has now become unsuitable for its location, as it provides significant shade to the greenhouse below. Due to its location, the options for pruning to provide adequate light below are limited. The property owner has indicated that they are already carrying out replanting in other parts of the garden and are happy to continue doing so to mitigate the loss of the tree. T2 Sycamore - Crown Lift by removing branch tips to provide 4.5 metres clearance above ground level and reduce the low, large limb over the flower bed extending towards the house by up to 2 metres to improve light to the flower bed below.

  Decided Trees 2 docs

• The Old Vicarage, Priest End, Thame, OX9 3AB

  P25/S3855/TCA Submitted 4 Dec 2025 72m away

  T1 Hornbeam - Reduce the height and spread of the tree by up to 1.5 metres, back to the previous pruning points. Reasons for the works: These works are planned as part of regular tree maintenance to ensure the trees are kept at appropriate distances from properties and to maintain their size.

  Decided Trees 2 docs

• P26/S2127/LDP Granted

  13 Hawthorn Close Wallingford OX10 0SY

  The proposal comprises the installation of roof-mounted photovoltaic (PV) panels on the existing dwelling, an external air source heat pump (ASHP) unit to be sat on a concrete base, and a wall-mounted battery unit. The works are limited to the fixing of these items to the existing building and associated electrical and pipework connections. No new access, means of enclosure, drainage works, or alterations to the existing site layout are proposed.

  8 Jun 2026 Lawful development
• P26/S2688/LDP Granted

  289 Reading Road Henley-on-Thames RG9 1EL

  Construction of detached outbuilding in rear garden.

  30 Jun 2026 Lawful development
• P26/S1791/LDP Withdrawn

  5 Cinnamon Close Chalgrove Oxford OX44 7QY

  Erection of a rear boundary fence comprising 1.83m (6ft) close-board timber fence panels supported by concrete fence posts and 2 x 1ft concrete gravel boards.

  20 May 2026 Lawful development
• P26/S0996/LDE Granted

  Spring Farm Lodge Wallingford Road Goring Reading RG8 0HP

  Use of the dwellinghouse known as Spring Farm Lodge without compliance with condition 3 of application ref. P69/H0694

  31 Mar 2026 Lawful development
• P26/S3653/LDE Decided

  56B North Street Thame OX9 3BH

  The use of the land and buildings edged red on the submitted plans as a single dwellinghouse (Use Class C3), occupied and used separately from, and otherwise than in connection with or ancillary to, the occupation and use of 56A North Street.A certificate is sought in respect of the following: 1. Use as a single dwellinghouse. The two-storey cottage known as 56b North Street, Thame (also known as The Barn) has been used as a single self-contained dwellinghouse, occupied as a sole and principal residence independently of 56A North Street and 56 North Street, since approximately 2012. The dwelling comprises, at ground floor level, an open-plan living area, kitchen, bathroom and staircase; and at first floor level, two bedrooms, a landing and a WC. 2. Ancillary store and garden. The store room adjoining the dwelling has been used for domestic storage ancillary to that residential use. The enclosed garden has been used as private amenity space in connection with that residential use. Neither has been in independent use at any material time. 3. Access. The passageway leading from North Street has been used as the means of pedestrian access to the dwelling. 4. Breach of Condition 3 of planning permission P00/N0787. The occupation and use of the dwelling separately from, and otherwise than in connection with and ancillary to, the occupation and use of 56A North Street as a single dwellinghouse, constitutes a failure to comply with Condition 3 of planning permission P00/N0787 granted on 29 January 2001. A certificate is sought under section 191(1)(c) of the Act that that failure to comply is lawful, the time for taking enforcement action having expired. Each of the above relates to the land and buildings edged red on the submitted location and block plans, the whole of which is in the ownership of the Applicant.

  20 Aug 2026 Lawful development